PEDILOPHORUS. 17 



Prosternal process little more than half the width of that of Synorthus 

 stemalis. The flanks are depressed behind, but level in front. The posterior 

 coxal laminae taper gradually towards the sides, their trochanter] portion 

 being barely twice as long, from front to rear, as the lateral. The 

 sides of the mesosternum are deeply concave, and the epipleurae are linear 

 except at the short flattened space alongside the metasternum. The basal 

 ventral segment is simply gradually depressed, and the femora fit in below 

 the coxal laminae. 



Pedilophorus gemmeus Broun. Man. N.Z. Coleopt., p. 769. 



Shining, glabrous, dark rufo-cupreous. head aeneo-niger, legs pale 

 ferruginous, antennae pale rufo-castaneous, their basal joint pitchy red, 

 tarsi and palpi testaceous. 



Head distinctly punctured, less closely on the vertex than near the 

 eyes ; forehead simple, rather strongly rounded. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, its sides not quite straight, being slightly sinuate behind the middle, 

 so that the posterior angles seem to extend slightly outwards ; the apex 

 sinuate and distinctly margined near each side ; punctation rather finer 

 than that of the head, but quite distinct. Scutellum triangular, small. 

 Elytra finely punctured and coriaceous. 



Antennae gradually thickened from the 6th joint onwards, 5th joint 

 hardly thicker than the more elongate 4th ; the club therefore appears 

 6-articulate. Eyes finely yet distinctly faceted. Tarsi rather slender, 

 with moderate membranes ; claws of the front pair evidently thicker 

 throughout than the posterior. 



The strongly curved forehead, the sinuate sides, and distinctly mar- 

 ginated apex of the thorax are its distinguishing characters. 



Length, If lines ; breadth. 1 line. 



Parua. Unique. 



Pedilophorus laevipennis Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., September, 

 1893. 



Shining, aeneo-piceous, head and thorax slightly cupreous, legs rufo- 

 piceous. antennae dark red, the last six joints somewhat castaneous. 



Head distinctly and rather evenly punctured, nearly as closely on the 

 vertex as at the sides ; forehead moderately rounded, simple ; labrum. 

 mandibles, and palpi almost black. Thorax with the apical margins quite 

 as definite as the lateral, its sculpture like that, of the head but rather 

 shallow. Scutellum triangular, very small. Elytra nearly smooth, finely 

 coriaceous, and with, in some lights, indications of obsolete striae. Claws 

 very small. Club apparently 6-jointed. 



Metasternum rather flat, very finely and distantly punctate. Abdomen 

 with minute sculpture and pubescence. 



This is the second species with definite margins extending from the 

 anterior angles to near the middle of the thorax at the apex. In appearanee 

 it differs much from the preceding ones. 



Length, 1| lines ; breadth, quite 1 line. 



Mount Pirongia, Waikato. Unique. December, 1892. 



Pedilophorus probus Broun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., September, 1893. 



Nitid, aeneo-niger, tinged with blue, the base and sides of elytra slightly 

 rufescent, the legs and basal joint of the antennae rufo-piceous, remaining 

 joints and the tarsi red. 

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